Petals on Parade
These two "petal-pushing" images start with a composition of alstroemeria petals, photographed for high-key HDR on a light box. The image with a black background (shown above) is an LAB…
Harold Davis—Best of 2020
Obviously, 2020 has been a difficult year for everyone. It was also not the year it started out being for me. Let me explain. In February and March I was…
Piles of Petals Are Performative
Piles of flower petals are performative (and alliterative). I've fallen into the habit of keeping piles of natural objects, specifically bowls of flower petals in my work area. Gradually, they…
Ruth Asawa and my crystal ball
The other day I was introduced to the rather wonderful work of the artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013). She is perhaps best known for her intricate nature-inspired sculpture made of metal…
Creative Black & White | Part 3: Creative Opportunities
What: Creative Black & White | Part 3: Creative Opportunities When: Tuesday June 2, 2020 at 10am PT. Duration between one and two hours, including Q&A Where: On your computer…
Spring of our Discontent
This is the spring of our discontent. Or at least the spring of isolating in place. As long as we are on Shakespeare near-quotations, "Sweet are the uses of adversity…
Flower Power
Flower Power. It's hip to be square---as in the floral carpet image (below). Making space for conversations with flowers (middle image on white, bottom image an LAB L-channel inversion on…
Eye Candy
Here are three images from the "Eye Candy" files. Nautilus and Inversion (above, click on the image or here to view it larger) is a single photo of two halves of…